Senior DevOps Engineer

Talon.One; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget (€1,000 annually)

German language courses

30 days annual leave

Home office setup budget

Home office allowance

Work-from-abroad up to 90 days

Mental health support

Pension contribution subsidy

Public transport subsidy (BVG)

Dog-friendly Berlin office

Bike leasing

Job summary

Talon.One in Berlin is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to evolve scalable, secure infrastructure behind our platform. You will own automation, performance, and reliability across cloud-native systems, collaborating with engineers to simplify complex deployments.

Join a hands-on team that values ownership, mentoring, and pragmatic decisions, with a clear Kanban flow and quarterly roadmap.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps engineering with production systems at scale.
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based deployments (ArgoCD or similar).
• Expert in Docker and Kubernetes with observability, scalability and resilience focus.
• Experience with cloud providers (preferably GCP) and IaC practices.
• Experience with Bash, Go, PostgreSQL, and Git in real-world projects.
• Experience with Datadog or Prometheus for monitoring and metrics.
• Strong ownership, autonomy, and proactive problem solving.
• Mentoring others and raising the technical bar through collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build resilient, scalable infrastructure and platforms.
• Automate operations and improve developer workflows and reliability.
• Collaborate with infra, platform, and product engineers to simplify cloud complexity.
• Own reliability, security, and performance of Talon.One’s systems.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Go

PostgreSQL

Git

Datadog/Prometheus

Ownership/autonomy

Mentoring

Tools

BuildKite

ArgoCD

Go

Kubernetes

Terraform

Vault

Git

PostgreSQL

Kafka

BigQuery

Job description

Talon.One, an Adyen company, is the most powerful incentives engine that unifies loyalty, personalized promotions and offer management into a single platform.

Built for enterprise scale and security, Talon.One helps businesses design and deliver incentives that drive real customer behavior.

Today, over 300 of the world’s most-loved brands including Sephora, Gymshark and Costa Coffee work with Talon.One to turn their incentives into a reliable growth engine.

ABOUT THE TEAM:

Talon.One’s R&D has a cross-functional group of engineers, product thinkers, and designers who build and scale the systems behind Talon.One’s platform. Each team owns a clear slice of our ecosystem, operating with autonomy and shared accountability.

As part of the Platform Tribe, the Infrastructure team focuses on the foundations that power everything we build: Cloud Architecture, Kubernetes, Networking, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, and more. We design scalable, reliable, and secure systems so product engineers can move fast with confidence.

We value curiosity, open collaboration, and mutual growth. Everyone has visibility into how things work end to end, and we encourage mentoring and knowledge sharing across disciplines. Talon.One is building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives shape better systems and better outcomes.

We’re based in Berlin and welcome professionals already here or excited to relocate.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Tribe. You’ll help evolve the systems that keep Talon.One reliable, secure, and scalable. Our team uses a Kanban flow and a quarterly roadmap that balances long-term initiatives and iterative improvements. You’ll collaborate closely with infrastructure, platform, and product engineers to build resilient infrastructure, automate operations, and simplify cloud complexity.

We value engineers who take ownership, bring proactive thinking to design discussions, and share knowledge openly. This is a hands‑on role where reliability, automation, and thoughtful collaboration define success.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BRING TO THE TABLE:

• 5+ years of experience in a Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps Engineering role, with a strong record of building and maintaining production systems at scale.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, with hands‑on experience improving automation, reliability, and developer workflows, ideally using tools like ArgoCD or similar GitOps-based deployment systems.
• Expert knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, including best practices for observability, scalability, and resilience.
• Solid experience with cloud providers (preferably GCP) and a sound grasp of cloud-native architectures and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with parts of our stack: Bash, Golang, PostgreSQL, and Git.
• Experience with Datadog or Prometheus for monitoring and metrics.
• High levels of ownership and autonomy, you execute independently, make pragmatic decisions, and follow through with consistency and care.
• A genuine interest in mentoring others, sharing context, and raising the technical bar of the team through collaboration and knowledge transfer.

OUR TECHNOLOGY:

• Google Cloud Platform and GKE
• PostgreSQL
• BuildKite, ArgoCD
• Go for our API & Custom Kubernetes Operators
• Hashicorp ecosystem (Terraform, Vault, etc.)
• Kafka and BigQuery for DataOps

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:

• 90+ team of engineers, product managers and product designers in Berlin
• Leaders with 8+ years of experience building our promotions engine
• €1,000 annual learning budget and free German language courses to boost your skills
• 30 days of annual leave, plus extra paid days for your birthday and moving day
• Home office setup budget, a monthly home office allowance
• Freedom to work from abroad for up to 90 days worldwide!
• Mental health support with nilo.health and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• 20% company subsidy on your pension contributions
• Subsidised BVG public transport ticket and a dog-friendly Berlin office where your furry friend is welcome
• Lease your ideal bike through BusinessBike

WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US:

• The right attitude: modern methods and a diverse, creative workspace with an open and international culture
• Everyone for the product: Together we create a flexible, highly scalable product with state-of-the-art technologies. We can only succeed if everyone works as a team
• Healthy Growth: Growing our company means growing everyone in the team. We love to share knowledge and learn
• A great environment: Flexible and family-friendly environment, bright and easily accessible offices, modern software and hardware
• High flexibility degree: Prefer to work early or late at night? Do you have to pick up your children from kindergarten? Do you prefer working abroad? We believe in results and motivated employees

Talon.One is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We do not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by company policy. As an employer we strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.

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